Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

64. Paswan R., Das S., (2026) “Mechanistic Links Between Multiscale Pore Network Evolution and Chloride Transport in PCM-Integrated Concretes Subjected to Freeze–Thaw Cycling”, Cement and Concrete Composites, 173, 106756.

63. Oladipo B., Matos H., Shukla A., Das S., (2026) “Fluid–Structure Interaction and Underwater Hydrostatic Implosion of Thin-Walled Metallic Cylinders in Semi-Confined Conditions”, Ocean Engineering, 355, 125196.

62. Oladipo B., Matos H., Shukla A., Das S., (2026) “Sympathetic Hydrostatic Implosions and Fluid–Structure Interaction of Metallic Cylinders in a Semi-Confined Environment”, Marine Structures, 107, 104010.

61. Oladipo B., Das S., (2026) “Elucidating the Strengthening Efficiency of Concrete Cylinders Confined by Integrated CFRP Sandwich Structures with Auxetic Lattice Cores”, Mechanics Research Communications, 140, 104658.

60. Villada J.T., Javier C., Matos H., Shukla A., Das S., (2026) “Investigating Protective Mechanisms of Polyurea Reentrant Lattice Encasements on Composite Cylinders Subjected to Near-Field Underwater Explosions”, Composites Part B: Engineering, 288, 113337.

59. Paswan R., Das S., (2024) “Meso-Structural Degradation and Mechanical Property Evolution in Cementitious Mortars Containing Microencapsulated Phase Change Materials under Extended Freeze–Thaw Cycles”, Construction and Building Materials, 457, 139405.

58. Miyan N., Krishnan N.M.A., Das S., (2024) “Integrating Data Imputation and Augmentation with Interpretable Machine Learning for Efficient Strength Prediction of Fly Ash-Based Alkali-Activated Concretes”, Journal of Building Engineering, 92, 111248.

57. Oladipo B., Doner S., Lyngdoh G.A., Villada J.T., Wanchoo P., Matos H., Shukla A., Das S., (2024) “Shock Response of Sandwich Panels with Additively Manufactured Polymer Gyroid Lattice Cores”, Materials Today Communications, 40, 110664.

56. Chaudhary B., Winnard T., Oladipo B., Das S., Matos H., (2024) “Review of Fiber-Reinforced Composite Structures with Multifunctional Capabilities through Smart Textiles”, Textiles, 4(3), 391–416.

55. Paswan R., Das S., (2024) “Elucidating the Evolution of Pore Structure, Microstructural Damage, and Micromechanical Response in Cement Pastes Containing Microencapsulated Phase Change Materials under Freeze–Thaw Cycling”, Cement and Concrete Composites, 149, 105743.

54. Chaudhary B., Matos H., Das S., Owens J., (2024) “Multifunctional Composite Structures with Embedded Conductive Yarns for Shock Load Monitoring and Failure Detection”, Smart Materials and Structures, 33, 037001.

53. Villada J.T., Lyngdoh G.A., Paswan R., Oladipo B., Das S., (2023) “Evaluating the Adhesion Response of Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene (ABS)/Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU) Fused Interface Using Multiscale Simulation and Experiments”, Materials & Design, 232, 112155.

52. Oladipo B., Matos H., Krishnan N.M.A., Das S., (2023) “Integrating Experiments, Finite Element Analysis, and Interpretable Machine Learning to Evaluate the Auxetic Response of 3D Printed Re-Entrant Metamaterials”, Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 25, 1612–1625.

51. Doner S., Paswan R., Das S., (2023) “The Influence of Metallic Particulate Inclusions on the Mechanical and Thermal Performance of 3D-Printable Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene/Thermoplastic Polyurethane Fused Composites”, Materials Today Communications, 36, 106111.

50. Li H.W.X., Lyngdoh G.A., Krishnan N.M.A., Das S., (2023) “Machine Learning-Guided Design of Microencapsulated Phase Change Materials Incorporated Concretes for Enhanced Freeze–Thaw Durability”, Cement and Concrete Composites, 135, 105090.

49. Doner S., Villada J.T., Das S., (2023) “Improving the Creep Resistance of Hardened Cement Paste Through the Addition of Wollastonite Microfibers: Evaluation Using the Micro-Indentation Technique”, Applied Sciences, 13(5), 2933.

48. Chaudhary B., Matos H., Das S., Owens J., (2023) “Multifunctional Carbon/Epoxy Composites with Power Transmission Capabilities”, Materials Today Communications, 35, 105665.

47. Lyngdoh G.A., Das S., (2022) “Elucidating the Interfacial Bonding Behavior of Over-Molded Hybrid Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites: Experiment and Multiscale Numerical Simulation”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 14(38), 43666–43680.

46. Pittie T., Kunwar G., Das S., Jain J., Krishnan N.M.A., (2022) “Determining the Threshold Displacement Energy of Magnesium Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations”, Bulletin of Materials Science, 45(3), 1–7.

45. Doner S., Lyngdoh G.A., Nayak S., Das S., (2022) “Fracture Response of Wollastonite Fiber-Reinforced Cementitious Composites: Evaluation Using Micro-Indentation and Finite Element Simulation”, Ceramics International, 48(11), 15493–15503.

44. Lyngdoh G.A., Zaki M., Krishnan N.M.A., Das S., (2022) “Prediction of Concrete Strengths Enabled by Missing Data Imputation and Interpretable Machine Learning”, Cement and Concrete Composites, 128, 104414.

43. Nayak S., Lyngdoh G.A., Shukla A., Das S., (2022) “Predicting the Near-Field Underwater Explosion Response of Coated Composite Cylinders Using Multiscale Simulations, Experiments, and Machine Learning”, Composite Structures, 296, 115157.

42. Lyngdoh G.A., Kelter N.K., Doner S., Krishnan N.M.A., Das S., (2022) “Elucidating the Auxetic Behavior of Cementitious Cellular Composites Using Finite Element Analysis and Interpretable Machine Learning”, Materials & Design, 213, 110341.

41. Lyngdoh G.A., Das S., (2021) “Integrating Multiscale Numerical Simulations with Machine Learning to Predict the Strain-Sensing Efficiency of Nano-Engineered Smart Cementitious Composites”, Materials & Design, 209, 109995.

40. Lyngdoh G.A., Doner S., Nayak S., Das S., (2021) “Finite Element-Based Numerical Simulations to Evaluate the Influence of Wollastonite Microfibers on the Dynamic Compressive Behavior of Cementitious Composites”, Materials, 14(16), 4435.

39. Nayak S., Das S., (2021) “Strain-Sensing Efficiency of Hierarchical Nano-Engineered Smart Twill-Weave Composites: Evaluations Using Multiscale Numerical Simulations”, Composite Structures, 255, 112905.

38. Bhaskar P., Kumar R., Maurya Y., Ravinder R., Allu A.R., Das S., Gosvami N.N., et al., (2020) “Cooling-Rate Effects on the Structure of 45S5 Bioglass: Insights from Experiments and Simulations”, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 534, 119952.

37. Lyngdoh G.A., Nayak S., Kumar R., Krishnan N.M.A., Das S., (2020) “Fracture Toughness of Sodium Aluminosilicate Hydrate Gel: Insights from Molecular-Dynamics Simulations”, Journal of Applied Physics, 127(16), 165107.

36. Lyngdoh G.A., Kumar R., Krishnan N.M.A., Das S., (2020) “Dynamics of Confined Water and Its Interplay with Alkali Cations in Sodium Aluminosilicate Hydrate Gel: Insights from Reactive-Force-Field Molecular Dynamics”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 22, 23707–23724.

35. Lyngdoh G.A., Li H., Zaki M., Krishnan N.M.A., Das S., (2020) “Elucidating the Constitutive Relationship of Calcium–Silicate–Hydrate Gel Using High-Throughput Reactive Molecular Simulations and Machine Learning”, Scientific Reports, 10, 1–15.

34. Lyngdoh G.A., Nayak S., Krishnan N.M.A., Das S., (2020) “Fracture Toughness of Fly Ash-Based Geopolymer Gels: Evaluations Using Nanoindentation Experiments and Molecular-Dynamics Simulations”, Construction and Building Materials, 262, 120797.

33. Nayak S., Ravinder R., Krishnan N.M.A., Das S., (2020) “A Peridynamics-Based Micromechanical Modeling Approach for Random Heterogeneous Structural Materials”, Materials, 13, 1298.

32. Doner S., Nayak S., Senol K., Shukla A., Krishnan N.M.A, Yilmazcoban KI, Das S., (2019) “ Dynamic Compressive Behavior of Metallic Particulate-reinforced Cementitious Composites: SHPB Experiments and Numerical Simulations”, Construction and Building Materials, 227, 116668.

31. Lyngdoh G.A., Kumar R., Krishnan N.M.A, Das S., (2019) “ Realistic atomic structure of fly ash-based geopolymer gels: Insights from molecular dynamics simulations”, Journal of chemical physics, 151 (6), 064307.

30. Das S., Yang P., Singh SS., Mertens JCE, Xiao X., Chawla N., Neithalath N., (2019) “Prediction of Effective Properties of Fly Ash-Based Geopolymers”, ACI Special Publication: Nanotechnology for Improved Concrete Performance , 335, 49-62

29. Akturk B., Nayak S., Das S., Kizilkanat A.B., (2019) “Microstructure and Strength Development of Sodium Carbonate Activated Blast Furnace Slags”, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering ASCE, 31(11): 04019283 .

28. Nayak S., Das S., (2019) “Spatial damage sensing ability of metallic particulate-reinforced cementitious composites: Insights from electrical resistance tomography”, Materials & Design, 175, 107817.

27. Nayak S., Lyngdoh GA, Das S., (2019) “A Influence of microencapsulated phase change materials (PCMs) on the chloride ion diffusivity of concretes exposed to Freeze-thaw cycles: Insights from multiscale numerical simulations”, Construction and Building Materials , 212, 317-328.

26. Nayak S., Krishnan N.M.A, Das S ., (2019) “Fracture Response of Metallic Particulate-reinforced Cementitious Composites: Insights from Experiments and Multiscale Numerical Simulations”, Cement and Concrete Composites,  97, 154-165.

25. Nayak S., Krishnan N.M.A, Das S., (2019) “Microstructure-guided Numerical Simulation to Evaluate the Influence of Phase Change Materials (PCMs) on the Freeze-thaw response of Concrete Pavements”, Construction and Building Materials , 201, 246-256

24. Das S ., Hoffarth C., Ren B., Spencer B., Sant G., Rajan S.D., Neithalath N., (2019) “Simulating the Fracture of Notched Mortar Beams through Extended Finite Element Method (XFEM) and Peridynamics”, Journal of Engineering Mechanics ASCE, Volume 145 Issue 7 – July 2019. DOI 10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0001628

23. Nayak S., Kizilkanat A., Neithalath N., Das S., (2019) “Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Fracture Behavior of Particle Reinforced Alkali Activated Slag Mortars”, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering ASCE, 31, 5, 04019043 1-11  DOI 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0002673

22. Nayak S., Das S., (2019) “A Microstructure-guided Numerical Approach to Evaluate Strain Sensing and Damage Detection Ability of Random Heterogeneous Self-sensing Structural Materials”, Computational Materials Science, 156, 195-205.

21. Das S., Aguayo M., Kabay N., Mobasher B., Sant, G., Neithalath N. (2018), “Elucidating the influences of compliant microscale inclusions on the fracture behavior of cementitious composites”. Cement and Concrete Composites, 94, 13–23.

20. Das S., Aguayo M., Sant, G., Neithalath N. (2018), “Microstructure-Guided Numerical Simulation to Predict the Thermal Performance of a Hierarchical Cement-Based Composite Material”. Cement and Concrete Composites, 87, 20–28.

19. Dakhane A., Das, S., Hansen H., O’Donnell S., Hanoon F., Rushton A., Perla C., Neithalath N. (2018) “Crack Healing in Cementitious Mortars using Enzyme Induced Carbonate Precipitation (EICP): Quantification Based on Fracture Response”, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering ASCE, Volume 30 Issue 4 – April 2018.

18. Das S., Xiao X., Chawla N., Neithalath N. (2017) “Effective Constitutive Response of Sustainable Next Generation Infrastructure Materials through High-Fidelity Experiments and Numerical Simulation”, Procedia Engineering, 173, 1258-1265.

17. Wei Z., Falzone G., Das S., Saklani N., Pepe YL, Pilon L., Neithalath N., Sant G. (2017) “Restrained shrinkage cracking of cementitious composites containing soft PCM inclusions: A paste (matrix) controlled response”, Materials and Design, 132, 367-374.

16. Aguayo, M., Das S., Castro, C., Kabay, N., Sant, G., Neithalath N. (2017) “Porous Inclusions as Hosts for Phase Change Materials in Cementitious Composites: Characterization, Thermal Performance, and Analytical Models”, Construction and Building materials, 134, 574-584.

15. Das S., Maroli A., Singh S., Stannard T., Mertens J., Xiao X., Chawla N., Neithalath N. (2016), “A Microstructure-Guided Constitutive Modeling Approach for Random Heterogeneous Materials: Application to Structural Binders”, Computational Materials Science, 119, 52-164.

14. Das S., Stone D., Mobasher B., Neithalath N. (2016), “Strain energy and process zone based fracture characterization of a novel iron carbonate binding material”, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 156, 1-15.

13. Das S., Maroli A., Neithalath N. (2016) “Finite Element-Based Micromechanical Modeling of the Influence of Phase Properties on the Elastic Response of Cementitious Systems”, Construction and Building materials, 127, 153-166.

12. Das S., Kizilkanat A., Chowdhury S., Stone D., Neithalath N. (2016), “Temperature-induced Phase and Microstructural Transformations in a Synthesized Iron Carbonate (Siderite) Complex”, Materials and Design, 92, 189-199.

11. Dakhane A., Das S., Kailas S., Neithalath N. (2016), “Elucidating the Crack Resistance Response of Alkali Activated Slag Mortars through Coupled Fracture Tests and Digital Image Correlation”, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 90, 273-280.

10. Aguayo M., Das S., Maroli A., Kabay N., Mertens J., Sant G., Rajan S.D., Chawla N., Neithalath N. (2016), “The Influence of Microencapsulated Phase Change Material (PCM) Characteristics on the Microstructure and Strength of Cementitious Composites: Experiments and Finite Element Simulations”, Cement and Concrete Composites, 73, 29-41.

9. Das S., Aguayo M., Sant G., Mobasher B., Neithalath N. (2015) , “Fracture process zone and tensile behavior of blended binders containing limestone powder”, Cement and Concrete Research,73, 51-62.

8. Das S., Kizilkanat A.B., Neithalath N. (2015), “Crack Propagation and Strain Localization in Metallic Particulate-Reinforced Cementitious Mortars”, Materials and Design, 79, 15-25.

7. Das S., Gur S., Mishra S. K., Chakraborty S. (2015) “Optimal performance of base isolated building considering limitation on excessive isolator displacement”, Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 11, 7, 904-917.

6. Das S., Hendrix A., Stone D. A., Neithalath N. (2015) “Flexural Fracture Response of a Novel Iron Carbonate Matrix – Glass Fiber Composite and its Comparison to Portland Cement-based Composites”, Construction and Building Materials, 93, 360-370.

5. Das S., Yang P., Singh S., Mertens J., Xiao X., Chawla N., Neithalath N. (2015), “Effective Properties of a Fly Ash Geopolymer: Synergistic Application of Tomography, Nanoindentation, and Homogenization Models”. Cement and Concrete Research, 78, 252-262.

4. Das S., Souliman B., Stone D. A., Neithalath N. (2014) “Synthesis and Properties of a Novel Structural Binder Utilizing the Chemistry of Iron Carbonation”, ACS applied materials & interfaces, American Chemical Society, 6, 11, 8295-8304.

3. Das S., Stone D. A., Convey D., Neithalath N. (2014) ‘‘Pore- and Micro-structural Characterization of a Novel Structural Binder based on Iron Carbonation’’, Materials Characterization, 98, 168-179.

2. Das S., Aguayo M., Dey V., Kachala R., Mobasher B., Sant G., Neithalath N. (2014) ‘‘The fracture response of blended formulations containing limestone powder: Evaluations using two-parameter fracture model and digital image correlation’’, Cement and Concrete Composites, 53, 316-326.

1. Das S., Mishra S. K. (2014), ‘‘Optimal Performance of Buildings Isolated By Shape-Memory-Alloy-Rubber-Bearing (SMARB) Under Random Earthquakes’’, International Journal for Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics,15, 3, 265-276.

US Patents

• Nayak S., Das S. (2026). “Novel Bio-based Polymeric Compositions and Corrosion-resistant Systems”, US patent U018 P03691-US. 
• Neithalath N., Das S., Stone D. (2015). “High fracture toughness metallic carbonate matrix-fiber composites.” US patent 62/131,799.